Cities, towns and mountains
Found lurking on the floor of a particularly grim and unloved underpass by the Southbank Centre can be found this charming collection of mosaic portraits, celebrating well-known people with connections …
Art in dingy places: The joy of the Southbank floor mosaics Read More
An ultra-modern scientific and cultural complex known in Spanish as la Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences offers breathtaking architecture housing Europe’s largest aquarium, …
The incredible futuristic City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain – in photos Read More
South London’s rowdy singalong tribute to the much-loved queen of the honky-tonk piano, Mrs Gladys Mills, have announced that they’ll be dusting off the party hats and playing some gigs …
The Mrs Mills Experience party singalong band are back! Read More
Running until 13th Jan 2019, the Saachi Gallery’s ‘Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire‘ exhibition looks to explore art’s role in social satire and how art has been influenced by political …
In photos: Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire at the Saatchi Gallery, London Read More
Here’s fifty photos taken during a recent visit to Preston in Lancashire.
In photos: Preston, Lancashire – the iconic bus station, closed shops and architecture Read More
Copenhagen is a fantastic city to visit for a short break. Here’s a series of 45 photographs taken around the city.
Copenhagen photos – architecture, canals, streets scenes, painted houses and bikes Read More
London is a fantastic city for walks and free art, and this short walk from Green Park tube station to Hyde Park and back takes in two galleries, a lake, …
London art walk: Green Park to Hyde Park and the Serpentine, late summer 2018 Read More
Wrapping up my series of photos from a short but enjoyable stay in the seaside town of Llandudno is this collection of 37 images taken around the north Wales resort.
Llandudno photos – seaside views, street scenes, old theatres, architecture and more Read More
Here’s a selection of photographs taken around Hamburg earlier this year. Once again, I was back in the city with my band, The Monochrome Set, although this time it was …
Hamburg photos: signs, stickers, street art, street markets and The Monochrome Set Read More
Wales’ longest pier with a length of 2,295 feet (700 m), Llandudno Pier is a Grade II listed structure that forms a major attraction in the seaside resort of Llandudno, North …
Llandudno Pier: a splendid, Grade II listed Victorian pier in north Wales – photos and history Read More
Here’s a selection of street snaps taken around Paris during my recent visits….
Paris photos: signs, stations, stickers and street photos Read More
Serving the coastal town of Alghero in northwestern Sardinia, this small terminus station offers daily trains to Sassari in the east.
In photos: Alghero railway station terminus, Sardinia, Italy Read More
Here’s some photos from a recent visit to the slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales, with our day trip taking in a journey on the Ffestiniog Railway to Tan-y-Bwlch and back.
In photos: Blaenau Ffestiniog and a narrow gauge steam journey to Tan-y-Bwlch in Snowdonia, Aug 2018 Read More
Running along the Great Orme for a distance of one mile and forty feet (1.622 km), the Llandudno Cable Car is a splendid attraction in the seaside resort of Llandudno …
In photos: a trip on Llandudno’s wonderful cable car to the Great Orme, August 2018 Read More
Back in June 2003, I got the opportunity to visit the then semi-derelict Midland Grand hotel at St Pancras station in central London and take some photos. The former hotel had …
London St Pancras station – archive photos of the semi-derelict Midland Grand hotel from June 2003 Read More
Travelling back from the splendid P’Tit Festival, we had a 50-minute wait for our rail connection at Dinant, so I hotfooted it around the town and grabbed some snaps.
Dinant, Belgium – a quick photo stroll around the riverside town, July 2018 Read More
Located in the tiny village of Petit-Fays, near Bièvre, in the south of the province of Namur in Belgium, the P’tit Faystival is one of the most unlikely places to stumble …
P’tit Faystival – where a tiny village in Belgium goes crazy for music, July 2018 Read More
A splendid four-day festival showcasing live music, spoken word, debates and skillshares, the Green Gathering has become a beacon for sustainability, with the whole event being powered by wind, sun …
WIN two tickets for this year’s Green Gathering Festival in Chepstow, Wales, 2nd-5th Aug 2018 Read More
The celebrations for the Royal Academy’s 250th Summer Exhibition sees this striking sculpture by Anish Kapoor dominating the courtyard outside Burlington House in central London.
In photos: Anish Kapoor’s Symphony for a Beloved Daughter at the Royal Academy, London, July 2018 Read More
A few hours after the Baby Donald Trump rose majestically into the London skies, hundreds of thousands of people marched through central London to voice their disapproval at American president. …
Donald Trump protest: Londoners come out in force with hilarious banners, Fri 13th July 2018 Read More
Kicking off today’s protest against Donald Trump’s visit to London, a huge crowdfunded blimp has been lifted into the skies. Urban75 reporter Phil Ross captured the action:
Donald Trump blimp rises into the London skies, Fri 13th July 2018 – photos Read More
Protesters gathered around the ‘ring of steel’ in Regents Park, London today to protest at the visit of ‘weapons grade plum’ Donald Trump.
In photos: First London protests against Donald Trump visit, with big demo expected tomorrow Read More
Here’s a series of photos from my walk around central London yesterday, including scenes from the BP Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, the Photographer’s Gallery and some snaps …
London photos: BP Portrait Prize, street scenes and sculptures, July 2018 Read More
La Ferme Electrique is a fabulously friendly small musical festival in Tournan-en-Brie, some 25 minutes from Paris via train, that runs over two nights in July. Small scale, alternative, fiercely …
The fabulous La Ferme Electrique festival, Tournan en Brie, France, with The Monochrome Set, Fri 6th July 2018 Read More
The masterpiece of Scottish architect James Robb Scott, (1882-1965), Surbiton Station is a stunning example of At Deco architecture, created when the original 1867 railway station was rebuilt seventy years later.
In photos: the modernist swagger of Surbiton station – an Art Deco masterpiece in London Read More
On a gloriously sunny Sunday afternoon last weekend, I headed east for my second Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival – and had another fantastic time.
Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival 2018: Sun, music, mud, beer and flying knickers – photos Read More
Once a hugely popular tourist destination, Barry Island’s glory days are long behind it, although it’s recently enjoyed some rather splendid improvements along the sea front. Incidentally, Barry Island (Ynys …
Barry Island photos: sea, sand, beach huts and Butlin’s Read More
It’s quite a small exhibition, but there’s some cracking images to be seen at ‘Beat Positive,’ a photographic celebration of early hip hop culture at the Getty Gallery in central …
Early Hip Hop culture photographed: Beat Positive at the Getty Gallery, London Read More
Located on the River Rhine, Mainz was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and is famous as the home of the movable-type printing …
Mainz in photos: architecture, tasty train meals, street scenes and The Monochrome Set, May 2018 Read More
Just over a year after my first visit to Cologne, I was back with The Monochrome Set to play the King Georg venue.
Cologne in photos: street scenes, graffiti, trains and The Monochrome Set, May 2018 Read More